Derbyshire Food, Drink & Gift Fair
Elvaston Castle Showground, Derby, DE72 3EN
MAY 10th & 11th 2025
Saturday 10am - 6pm // Sunday 10am - 5pm
Adults - £10 // Under 16s - £2 // Under 5s - FREE
Entry Tickets to be purchased at the event entrance, entry fee is cash only. No pre booked tickets available.
FREE EVENT PARKING
Whats on ….
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Local producers of food & drink
Variety of food & drink producers from cheese, pies & chocolates, to preserves, rustic breads, cake, gin and lots more
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Street Food
Why not stay for lunch? We have a variety of Street Food stands at the fair offering both sweet & savoury options
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Crafts, Gifts & Homeware
For that little something special, look no further. From handcrafted gifts to unique homeware, you will find it here !
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Live Bands
Live bands confirmed to play the Music Stage on Saturday 10th are Paytron Saint, Lucille and The Herron Brothers, plus guests. Sunday 11th we have Rockin Red Rocket, The Lords of Valhalla and The Longmen with support.
More music announcements to come, showcasing great live bands and artists from around the region.
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On Site Bar
The onsite bar, located next to our Live Music tent, is the perfect place to get a refreshing drink or two !
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Children's Activities & Theatre Stage
With a variety of inflatables & child’s rides you are set to have a fun day out. You could even try out your circus skills in our FREE circus skills workshop.
At the children's stage we have gone all piratey with family show 'How to be a pirate' showing at 11am, 1pm and 3pm both days, and The Legendary Busking John Gill at 12 noon and 2pm on both days.
Dogs are welcome at Derbyshire Food & Drink Fair, so please bring them along to enjoy the fun !
To enjoy the fair they must be kept on a lead at all times.
2024 EXHIBITOR LIST
A Piece of Bake
Alvis Homemade
An Tea
Andy Gilbert Caricatures
Athens Street Food Ltd
Banquet 1415 Ltd
BCB Leisure
Beanz Around The World
BelperCastle's & Candy
BenaBerry Products
Best Eleven
Bexfxmua - Face Painter
Bluebell Dairy
Blueberry Hill Preserves
Breeosh - The Scandanavian Bakery
Brockleby's Pies
Candy Creations
Caroline's Fudge & Sweets
Cathedral Gallery Ltd
Celtic Spirit Co.
Charles Taylor Trading
Chef Stef Ltd
Cherry Tree Preserves
Chilli Guys
Colombo Street
Costco Wholesale
Cox's Cakes & Bakes
Daisy Chain Jewellery
Derbyshire Life Magazine
Derbyshire Pie & Mash
Dog and Spoon Distillery
Dukki Ltd
Engineer's Bakehouse
Feinkost
Firery Dough Wood Fired Pizza
Freshley Squeezed Fruits
Friends of the Baby Unit
Fuffle from Fudgeheaven
Glastonbury Cheese
Guide Dogs
Handsewn by Elizabeth
Hardwood Designs
Howey Nichols
Jaccs Coffee Beans
Janes Candles
Jethro's Sauces & Artisan Camper Pork Crackling
Just Perfect Wines
Kay Jay Clay
Kettleby Kitchen
Kevin Wood Fine Art
L & B Catering
Leif's Bar
Light Hearted Limited
Mackney Photography
Made By Jade Crafts Co
MGR Retail Ltd
Mickey Sash
Mighty Spice
Mr & Mrs Olive UK
Noelle and Francis
Noon Gifts
Paddington's Waffle Station
Page Publishing/PJ Mouse
Papillon Vinyl & Resin Crafts
Peak Sales Solutions
Pecorino Club
Phoenix Art UK
Pitcairn Ceramics
Plantlife
Portsonachan Hotel & Lodges
Project D
Right Stuff Catering
Rigsbys Seasonal Foods
Rudder's Rum
Samuels Catering
Samuels Catering
Scenturion
Sealwood Cottage Vineyard
Shiki Mochii Studios
Simons Sausages
Soak
Spirits of the Place
Steve's Cheese
Taste the best
The Bakewell Tart Shop
The Blush Boutique Company
The Chimney Cake Co.
The Cookie Stop
The Fursty Fox
The Great British Cheese Company
The Horse & Jockey Mobile Bar
The Lazy Fox Gifts
The Lotus Bakery
The Milkshake Shack
The Mushroom Emporium
The Old Original Bakewell Pudding Shop
The Sinfully Sweet Pastry Co.
The Yorkshire Crepe Co.
Toastie the Difference
Tornado Potato
Two Shires Cidery
Urban Spice Box
Viniak Native
Wahad Ltd
White Moon Burns
Wild Garden Cam
Williams Handbaked Ltd
Withers Gin
Yiannis Greek Super Gyros
2024 LIVE MUSIC STAGE LINE UP
SATURDAY 11th MAY
10.30 - Masquerade
Simply beautiful acoustic covers
https://www.facebook.com/MasqueradeTrio
11.30 - Unlucky Strike
Story driven lyrics and epic rockabilly foot stompers
https://youtu.be/F1hIoOHsnMU?si=ZgYP8BcgRwpxml1P
12.30 - Double Standards
Smooth jazz classics and hits with a twist
https://www.facebook.com/JazzStandardsEvents/
14.00 - The Cut Diamond Band
Hits from across the decades celebrating the music of Neil Diamond, Van Morrison, the Beatles and more
https://www.facebook.com/cutdiamondband
15.00 - Paul Tabor
Popular solo acoustic artist playing famous tunes and original compositions
https://www.youtube.com/@PaulTaborMusic/videos
16.00 - Simpson and Lacey
A duet made in heaven plus they do songs
https://www.last.fm/music/David+Lacey
17.00 - The Hard Stuff
Cracklin' good honest rock and roll to close the day's knockout music with a bang
SUNDAY 12th MAY
11.00 - DaleDiva
A vibrant, entertaining and vivacious group of women hitting the mark with their high quality choral singing, fabulous mixed repertoire, their infectious joy of singing and a wonderful sense of fun
12.00 - Lucille
Contemporary and stylish Soul & Blues delivered by a sultry roots band from Derby
https://www.facebook.com/thebandlucille/
13.00 - Leah Wilcox
Superb Indie Pop female singer/songwriter, sonically dreamlike but grounded
https://www.youtube.com/c/leahwilcoxmusic
14.00 - Dorothy Ella
Sparkly, upbeat funk and soul to get you boogying with Dorothy Ella and her band; a disco princess on a mission to spread musical sunshine
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC91-QtT28Ah9SmK1NhDF_qg/videos?view=0&sort=da
15.00 - Mike Hardy
An accomplished alternative acoustic musician based out of Derby
https://open.spotify.com/artist/0NmDnwJePmMb1mKFFv298j?si=EBZC85kPSOaQfhRAqdmXVg
16.00 - The Longmen
Our host band closing the show with classic and new rock and pop songs
https://soundcloud.com/graham marriott/sets/the-longmen-new-for-2023
Getting to us ….
For Sat Nav, please us the post code DE72 3EN
The fair entrance for visitors arriving in vehicles, is off Borrowash Road between Borrowash Village and Thulston. Please follow the yellow directional signs or brown tourist signs from either direction and they'll direct you right to us.
Event Parking
Parking for the event is FREE please follow event car parking signs when you arrive.
Public transport
There are no bus services that stop directly outside the main entrance to the park. However, bus 73 (Arriva) and the Skylink Derby (Trent Barton) both stop by Elvaston Castle Gates in Thulston.
Want to exhibit with us?
If you are a producer of food, drink, homemade crafts, sell homeware, gifts or are a small business wanting to showcase your stock at our events, we would love to hear from you ….
